Study: Walking can prevent type 2 diabetes

5:11 PM,
Jul. 8, 2013

Written by

Kathy Warwick
Special to The Clarion-Ledger

Think of your body as a complex, high-performance race car. Our bodies are designed to run on the fuel that comes from the breakdown of the food we eat. Much of what we eat breaks down into a simple sugar, which is the body's preferred fuel. All the cells of the body use this sugar, known as glucose, to create energy, just as a drag race car uses nitromethane to speed to the finish line.

Every time we eat, our bodies digest the food and absorb the glucose and other nutrients into the blood stream. In the race car, a fuel pump moves the fuel to the engine from the fuel tank. Insulin is a hormone made by the ...